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place oi cl'-loratt' of potash in tlu' di-inkinj;- water it is 

 better in these severe eases to add small (jnantities of 

 baking soda (bicjirbonate of »oda) and Ulauber's salt 

 (i dracUni to each pint). It is also of advantage to 

 give small doses of sal ammoniac (1 grain) mixed with 

 honey. 



Since roup, a very contagious disease of fowls, com- 

 mences in a similar way, it is very important to imme- 

 diately remove from the Hock all birds showing the 

 symptoms described above, because if it should j»rove 

 that they were afflicted with roup the extension of the 

 disease might in this way be prevented. 



a. LUNG FEVER OR PNEUMONIA. 



If the exposure to which a fowl is subjected is of an 

 unusually severe character, it may result that the bird 

 will develop inflammation of the lungs oa- pneumonia. 

 Symptoms of this very severe affection are at first sim- 

 ilar to those of the two preceding diseases, but they 

 rapidly become worse, and within a short time the 

 patient evirces great difficulty in breathing. It loses 

 all ambition and sense of fear, remains stubbornly in 

 one place and when caught and examined it will be 

 noticed that the muscles in the lower part of the body, 

 those of the abdomen, contract and expand with each 

 respiration and in this way assist the muscles of the 

 (^hest to expel and renew the air in the diseased lungs. 

 Pressure on the sides of the bird will cause considera- 

 ble ]>ain. If the fowl dies, and unfortunately most of 



